That empty feeling after finishing a perfect thriller series. You know the one.
You just watched Sarah Snook spiral through eight episodes of All Her Fault on Peacock. The kidnapped child. The unreliable texts. The lies stacked on lies stacked on more lies until you questioned literally everyone’s motives including your own judgment for trusting any character for even five seconds. And that finale? Still processing.
Now you’re staring at your streaming queue wondering what could possibly fill that void. Because once you’ve tasted that specific flavor of suburban psychological thriller where wealthy mothers hide devastating secrets and nothing is remotely what it seems, regular TV feels bland.
The good news? There’s an entire universe of twisted, twisty, keep you up until 3 AM questioning humanity shows that deliver the same delicious anxiety All Her Fault provided. From Nicole Kidman’s perfect life crumbling in multiple series to Kate Winslet solving murders while battling her own demons, these 12 recommendations will scratch that itch you didn’t know existed until Andrea Mara’s novel became your newest obsession.
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1. The Undoing: When Hugh Grant Becomes Your Worst Nightmare
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If All Her Fault taught you anything, it’s that perfect couples hide the darkest secrets. The Undoing takes that lesson and multiplies it by wealthy Manhattan therapists who think they’re smarter than everyone else.
Nicole Kidman plays Grace Fraser, a successful therapist with a gorgeous husband played by Hugh Grant, a dreamy son, and an Upper East Side life that looks like a Ralph Lauren ad. Then a young mother from her son’s school is brutally murdered. And suddenly Grace’s husband is the prime suspect. And maybe not the man she thought she married.
The six episode HBO limited series unravels like the world’s most expensive nightmare. Every episode peels back another layer of deception, wealth privilege, and the lies people tell themselves about who they really are. Kidman is phenomenal as a woman realizing her entire life might be built on fantasy. Grant is chilling as the charismatic doctor who might be capable of horrific violence.
If you loved questioning every character’s motives in All Her Fault, The Undoing will have you screaming at your TV by episode three. The courtroom drama. The family dynamics. The slow realization that you can’t trust anyone, not even yourself. It’s based on Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel You Should Have Known, proving once again that book adaptations about lying rich people are premium content.
Watch it for Nicole’s perfect coats. Stay for the devastating revelation that marriages are sometimes elaborate performances. The finale will ruin you.
2. Big Little Lies: The Show That Started The Rich Mom Mystery Trend
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Before All Her Fault, before every streaming service had a limited series about wealthy mothers with secrets, there was Big Little Lies. And it’s still the gold standard.
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Zoe Kravitz play mothers in an affluent Monterey coastal town where a parent dies during a school fundraiser. The entire first season is structured around that death, with every episode revealing more about these women’s lives, their friendships, and the darkness they’re all hiding.
Domestic abuse. Marital rape. Affairs. Class warfare disguised as PTA meetings. Trauma responses masquerading as personality quirks. Big Little Lies took the glossy exterior of wealthy suburban life and ripped it apart to show the pain underneath. It’s based on Liane Moriarty’s novel and the adaptation is so good it spawned an entire genre.
The cast is stacked. The Monterey scenery is gorgeous. The soundtrack slaps. But what makes it essential viewing after All Her Fault is how it portrays female friendship as both salvation and complication. These women support each other while also competing, judging, and sometimes lying to each other. It’s messy and real and emotionally devastating.
Season two exists and includes Meryl Streep, but season one is the masterpiece. Seven episodes that prove HBO knows exactly what they’re doing with limited series about mothers behaving badly.
3. Mare Of Easttown: Kate Winslet Solves Murders And Falls Apart Simultaneously
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All Her Fault featured Detective Alcaras trying to find Milo while dealing with his own moral complications. Mare of Easttown takes that concept and gives you Kate Winslet as a small town Pennsylvania detective whose personal life is exploding while she investigates a young mother’s murder.
Mare Sheehan is a legend in Easttown for a high school basketball shot that won a championship decades ago. Now she’s a detective dealing with a missing girls case that’s gone cold, a new murder, a contentious custody battle for her grandson, her ex husband remarrying, her mother being insufferable, and approximately 47 other life problems.
The seven episode HBO series is a masterclass in character development disguised as a murder mystery. Yes, the central crime is compelling. Yes, the twists are shocking. But the real story is Mare’s grief, guilt, and desperate attempts to hold her life together while everyone watches her unravel.
Evan Peters, Jean Smart, Julianne Nicholson, and Guy Pearce round out a perfect cast. The Pennsylvania accents are spot on. The depiction of small town life where everyone knows everyone’s business hits hard. And the emotional gut punch of the finale will leave you staring at a wall for 20 minutes processing what just happened.
If All Her Fault’s Marissa Irvine resonated with you as a mother desperately searching for her son, Mare’s journey will destroy you in the best possible way.
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4. Behind Her Eyes: The Twist That Broke The Internet
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Behind Her Eyes has the single most bonkers twist in television history. That’s not hyperbole. When this show aired on Netflix, social media lost its collective mind. You have to go in blind for maximum impact, but know this: nothing is what it seems. Not the affair. Not the marriage. Not reality itself.
Louise is a single mother who starts an affair with her psychiatrist boss David. Then she befriends David’s wife Adele, not knowing the connection. What follows is a psychological thriller that starts as a simple affair story and ends in territory that’s genuinely shocking.
The six episode British limited series based on Sarah Pinborough’s novel features unreliable narrators, toxic relationships, dark secrets, and a supernatural element that comes out of absolutely nowhere and somehow works. It’s more unhinged than All Her Fault. The characters are harder to root for. But the commitment to delivering the most jaw dropping finale possible makes it essential viewing.
Fair warning: you’ll either love the ending or throw something at your TV. There’s no middle ground. But you’ll definitely be thinking about it for weeks. The discourse when it aired was legendary. People making video explainers. Reddit threads dissecting every clue. Friendships ending over whether the twist was genius or terrible.
That level of cultural conversation is rare. Behind Her Eyes earned it by being absolutely bonkers in the best way possible.
5. Disclaimer: Cate Blanchett’s Life Unravels In Real Time
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All Her Fault revealed that Marissa’s perfect life hid devastating secrets. Disclaimer starring Cate Blanchett takes that concept and adds meta commentary about storytelling, truth, and how narratives destroy lives.
Catherine Ravenscroft is a respected journalist who built her career exposing others’ secrets. Then a novel arrives at her house, and it’s about her. Specifically, a terrible secret from her past that she’s hidden for decades. As the book goes public, her marriage crumbles, her son learns things he can’t unlearn, and her perfect reputation disintegrates.
The Alfonso Cuarón directed limited series on Apple TV is gorgeous, devastating, and morally complex. Kevin Kline plays the man who published the novel seeking revenge. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Catherine’s husband watching his wife become a stranger. Every episode reveals more about what actually happened and whether revenge is ever justified.
It’s slower paced than All Her Fault. More contemplative. But the examination of how one event can be interpreted completely differently depending on who’s telling the story will mess with your head. And Blanchett’s performance as a woman watching her life burn down is phenomenal.
The twist in the final episodes recontextualizes everything you thought you understood. Much like All Her Fault, it forces you to question whose version of events you believed and why.
6. The Better Sister: Family Rivalry With A Murder Twist
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Based on Alafair Burke’s novel like All Her Fault adapted Andrea Mara’s book, The Better Sister proves that sibling dynamics make every thriller better. Add a murder accusation and you’ve got Prime Video gold.
Chloe and Nicky are sisters who’ve always competed. Chloe married Nicky’s ex husband Ethan and had a seemingly perfect life. Then Ethan gets accused of murder and Chloe must turn to the sister she spent years outshining for help. As Nicky digs into the case, family secrets emerge that show their perfect family was always a carefully constructed lie.
The limited series delivers family drama, legal thriller, and domestic suspense in equal measure. The sisters’ toxic relationship feels authentic. The reveals about Ethan get progressively darker. And the question of who actually committed the murder keeps you guessing until the end.
If you loved how All Her Fault explored the Irvine family dynamics and Jenny Kaminski’s complicated relationship with her husband, The Better Sister doubles down on dysfunctional family relationships hiding murder adjacent secrets.
7. Pieces Of Her: Toni Collette Is Not Who Her Daughter Thinks
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Imagine your mom violently stopping an armed shooter in a diner. Then imagine discovering she’s not who she claimed to be. That’s Pieces of Her in one sentence and it’s as wild as it sounds.
Toni Collette plays Laura Oliver, a speech pathologist whose daughter Andy witnesses her take down a shooter with terrifying efficiency. That event triggers Andy’s investigation into her mother’s past, uncovering decades of lies, assumed identities, and connections to dangerous people.
The Netflix limited series based on Karin Slaughter’s novel jumps between timelines, slowly revealing Laura’s real history. Every answer creates five new questions. The conspiracy goes deeper than anyone imagines. And the mother daughter relationship becomes fraught with betrayal and desperate attempts at protection.
It’s pulpier than All Her Fault. More action thriller than psychological slow burn. But the core theme of parents hiding their true selves to protect their children while actually causing more harm resonates strongly. Collette is predictably excellent, and the twists hit hard.
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8. The Stranger: One Secret Destroys An Entire Town
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A mysterious woman approaches people in public and reveals their deepest secrets. That’s The Stranger’s premise and it’s devastatingly effective. Based on Harlan Coben’s novel, this British series follows Adam Price whose wife disappears after the stranger reveals she faked a pregnancy years ago.
What starts as one man’s search for his missing wife expands into a massive conspiracy affecting multiple families in their community. Secrets about affairs, hidden children, embezzlement, and murder surface as the stranger works through town exposing everyone’s lies.
The eight episode Netflix series moves fast, packs in about 47 twists, and delivers the Harlan Coben special of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances they created through their own deceptions. It’s more plot driven than character focused, but the breakneck pace keeps you engaged.
If All Her Fault’s text message deception and mistaken identity hooked you, The Stranger’s premise of weaponized truth telling will feel like the next logical step in twisted thriller evolution.
9. Apples Never Fall: Family Dysfunction Hits Different When Mom Disappears
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Annette Bening plays Joy Delaney, matriarch of a tennis dynasty family who suddenly vanishes. Her four adult children must decide if their father Stan killed her or if something else happened. As they investigate, decades of family resentment, favoritism, and buried trauma surface.
The Peacock limited series based on Liane Moriarty’s novel examines how families create their own mythologies that don’t match reality. The Delaneys look perfect from outside. Close knit. Successful. But the kids all carry wounds from their parents’ obsession with tennis success, and Joy’s disappearance forces everyone to confront what their family actually was versus what they pretended it was.
Sam Neill plays Stan with perfect ambiguity. You’re never sure if he’s a grieving husband or guilty killer. The siblings played by Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, Conor Merrigan Turner, and Essie Randles have devastating chemistry showing how shared childhood trauma bonds and divides simultaneously.
If All Her Fault’s exploration of marriage secrets and parental desperation resonated, Apples Never Fall examines those themes through the lens of adult children realizing their parents were flawed humans all along.
10. Long Bright River: Sisters, Addiction, And Murder In Philadelphia
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Amanda Seyfried plays Mickey, a Philadelphia cop investigating murders in the Kensington neighborhood where her estranged sister Kacey, a drug addict, lives on the streets. When Kacey goes missing, Mickey’s investigation becomes personal in ways that blur every professional line.
The Peacock series based on Liz Moore’s novel tackles addiction, poverty, family estrangement, and how America’s opioid crisis destroys communities. It’s heavier than All Her Fault. More socially conscious. But the emotional core of a sister desperately trying to save someone who may not want saving while solving murders connects directly to Marissa Irvine’s desperation to find her son.
Seyfried’s performance is raw and vulnerable. The Philadelphia setting is gritty and real. The mystery twists effectively. But the relationship between Mickey and Kacey, how addiction strains family bonds to breaking, makes this essential viewing for anyone who connected with All Her Fault’s family dynamics.
11. Broadchurch: The British Mystery That Set The Standard
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David Tennant and Olivia Colman investigate the murder of a young boy in a small British coastal town where everyone has secrets. That’s Broadchurch in its simplest form, but reducing it to plot summary doesn’t capture how emotionally devastating this series is.
The three season British series examines how violent crime impacts entire communities. Every resident becomes a suspect. Every relationship gets scrutinized. Families tear apart. Friendships end. And detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller must solve the case while dealing with their own trauma and complicated past.
If All Her Fault’s kidnapping investigation and Detective Alcaras’s moral struggles hit home, Broadchurch takes those elements and explores them across 24 episodes of increasingly complex storytelling. Season one is particularly brilliant, revealing the killer in a way that feels earned rather than manipulative.
Tennant and Colman’s chemistry is legendary. The Dorset scenery is haunting. The examination of grief and guilt is profound. It’s slower paced than most entries on this list, but the emotional payoff justifies every deliberate moment.
12. The Fall: When The Detective And Killer Play Cat And Mouse
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Gillian Anderson plays Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, brought to Belfast to review a stalled murder investigation. She quickly realizes they’re hunting a serial killer, played with terrifying charm by Jamie Dornan, who targets young professional women.
The Fall’s genius is showing you the killer from the start. There’s no whodunit mystery. Instead, the tension comes from watching Stella piece together evidence while the killer continues his crimes, all while he’s a seemingly devoted family man. The contrast between his domestic life and his violence is chilling.
The three season British series examines toxic masculinity, the psychology of serial killers, and how predators hide in plain sight. Anderson is ice cold brilliant as a detective who refuses to play by rules designed to protect male comfort. The battle between her and Dornan’s Paul Spector is psychological warfare at its finest.
It’s darker than All Her Fault. More explicitly violent. But the theme of people hiding their true nature while performing normalcy connects directly to every character in Marissa Irvine’s world presenting false versions of themselves.
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When Sarah Snook’s All Her Fault ended, you thought the spiral was over. These 12 shows prove it’s just beginning. Queue them up, clear your schedule, and prepare to never trust a perfectly curated Instagram life again. That’s the real lesson from all these series: the prettier the surface, the darker what’s hiding underneath.
